Outreach activities:I give numerous presentations annually to public and professional groups with a focus on vegetational ecology.

Research:

Vegetation ecology of oak-dominated communities including flatwoods, barrens, and woodlands; methods for assessing floristic integrity; ecology of grasslands including prairies of Illinois and steppes of central Asia.

Message to students:

Please contact me for available opportunities.

Recognition:

Included on list of teachers ranked as excellent by students (2009-2014).

Taft, J. B., and C. H. Dietrich. 2017. A test of concordance in community structure between leafhoppers and grasslands in the central Tien Shan Mountains. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. http://rdcu.be/um5p